I migrated my hard drive from my old Imac to my new powerbook pro. Now I want to remove the Power PC applications and older versions of other applications. What is the best way to do this? I can group the PowerPC files in my About the Mac System report, but I can't remove them from there.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
Just drag them to the trash and empty.
Print the report so you'll have a hard copy of the list, then locate each PPC app in your Applications folder and trash them all .
For some reason this was hard to find....
Step 1) go to Applications/Utilities/System Information/Applications > sort by "Kind" and locate the Apps using PowerPC
Step 2) Click on the App and look at the bottom window where the details are, there should be a "Location:" > copy the location link
Step 3) go to Finder > CMD + SHIFT + G > paste the location link
Step 4) find the culprit Apps and drag to the Trash
You can also delete ARM, PPC and even 32 Bit / 64 Bit Intel code from Application Packages listed as "Intel" or "Intel 64 Bit" (I would leave 32 and 64 Bit Intel however, some Apps will Require 32 Bit code to support certain AddOns, mostly older yet functional ones).
You can also remove Languages and Keyboard Layouts but if you are not certain that you´ll never need them again i would leave them (at least leave the unselected languages in the list).
Read the ReadMe file before use.
Search online for an application called CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac, AppDelete, AppZapper, and other generic software removal utilities are just guessing how and where to find the pieces that were installed with your applications. You can guess and search just as well as they can, and often better. But the best way to remove any app that has its own installer is to run that installer and search among the options it offers for an Uninstall option. If there is one, use it. If there isn't, visit the developer's web site and see whether a standalone uninstaller is available. The developer's own installer or uninstaller knows exactly what was installed and where; it doesn't need to guess or search. So it will always do at least as good a job as CleanMyMac or the other guesswork app removers — it will catch the bits they'd miss. Don't waste any money or time on CleanMyMac.
After many hours searching to remedy this frustrating problem, I found Vivere Somnium's advice to work for me!
That goes ditto for me on the frustration and awesome advice from Vivere Somnium. Thank you so much!
Hi, I have one called InventoriaAgent running and I just can find where it lives to trash it, any ideas?
How do I remove PowerPC and old version apps?
